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cynus on January 5, 2006 - 10:51pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
How could Batavia say no to it?  There are many beautiful places on earth that I would not want to see fields of  windmills, but Batavia is the most depressing place on earth.  Some states--Minnesota I think--have programs where farmers are paid handsomely for allowing windmills on their land.  If New York had something like that I guarantee the Batavians would change their tune.
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Catskill on January 5, 2006 - 11:53pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Cynus - That's what I don't get about Batavia because I'm pretty sure NY does have a program that works with the farmers to site the windfarms and they get paid a certain amount (monthly ?).  If I remember correctly there are a couple large farms in Central and Eastern NY - one east of Syracuse and one west of Albany and I think I remember reading an interview with a farmer who went with that program - the place actually has turned into a bit of a tourist attraction.  I'm pretty sure that was the site out near Syracuse...
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Engineer-Poet on January 6, 2006 - 11:37am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
One of the issues is the FAA regulations for tall structures.  The warning strobes can be very irritating; I'm amazed that more of them are not regular targets of sharpshooters.
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